Bradshaw Family History
William Hampton
1826 -
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. William Hampton was born 14 Mar 1826 (son of Zachariah Betts Hampton and Sarah Griffith).
2. Zachariah Betts Hampton was born 25 Jan 1798, Wrightstown or possibly Middletown Township, Bucks Co. Penn. (son of John Hampton and Mary Betts); died 18 Apr 1861, Viola, Linn Co. Iowa. Notes:
There is no record of his early school days known to the writer but later he attended the Brandywine Friends Boarding School. He taught school in Loudon County, Virginia, and perhaps, also in Maryland, before coming to Ohio. He came to Ohio in advance of the family, in the year of 1824. Attended the Ohio Yearly Meeting (at Mt. Pleasant, probably) in the fall of that year. He took u p 80 acres of land near Pennsville, Morgan Co., and located a home for his pa rents in Blue Rock township, Muskingum Co.
he taught school at Flushing, Belmont County, and on the 20th of April, 1825 married Sarah Griffith, at Red Stone Friend's Meeting House, near Cookstown, Pennsylvania. This church was a branch of the Ohio Yearly Meeting.
The land he had purchased in Morgan County, was all in the woods and heavily timbered. He built a log cabin in the fall of 1825. There children were born in the cabin.Zachariah married Sarah Griffith 20 Apr 1825, Red Stone Friend's Meeting House, near Cookstown, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]
3. Sarah Griffith Children:
- 1. William Hampton was born 14 Mar 1826.
- Ruth Cope Hampton was born 2 Jan 1828.
- Lydia Hampton was born 14 Aug 1830; died 7 Jun 1845.
- Sarah Griffith Hampton was born 18 May 1832, Oregon.
- Mary Elma Hampton was born 8 Feb 1835.
Generation: 3
4. John Hampton was born 16 Oct 1763 (son of John Hampton and Ann Croasdale); died 3 Dec 1842. John married Mary Betts 20 Jun 1787. Mary was born 26 Jul 1771, Upper Markfield, Bucks Co., Penn.; died 14 Jul 1837, Pennsville, in the Friends burying ground.. [Group Sheet]
5. Mary Betts was born 26 Jul 1771, Upper Markfield, Bucks Co., Penn.; died 14 Jul 1837, Pennsville, in the Friends burying ground.. Children:
- Cary Hampton was born 4 May 1788.
- Jesse B. Hampton was born 21 Jul 1789.
- Bethula B Hampton was born 1 Aug 1791.
- James Hampton was born 26 Jun 1794.
- Asenath Hampton was born 3 Mar 1796.
- 2. Zachariah Betts Hampton was born 25 Jan 1798, Wrightstown or possibly Middletown Township, Bucks Co. Penn.; died 18 Apr 1861, Viola, Linn Co. Iowa.
- Asa Cary Hampton was born 7 May 1800.
- Sarah G. Hampton was born 26 Mar 1802; died 24 Jul 1808.
- John Hampton was born 26 Feb 1806.
- Samuel B Hampton was born 9 Apr 1809.
- Mary Ann Hampton was born 1 Feb 1811.
- Cary Hampton was born 17 Jul 1814.
Generation: 4
8. John Hampton was born 12 Jan 1723/24 (son of Joseph Hampton and Mary Canby); died 10 Sep 1775. John married Ann Croasdale. Ann (daughter of Jeremiah Croasdale and Grace Heaton) was born 18 Nov 1730. [Group Sheet]
9. Ann Croasdale was born 18 Nov 1730 (daughter of Jeremiah Croasdale and Grace Heaton). Children:
- Asenath Hampton was born 15 Nov 1749.
- Sarah Hampton was born 3 Oct 1751.
- Joseph Hampton was born 17 Aug 1753.
- Hannah Hampton was born 6 Jul 1756; died 25 Dec 1756.
- David Hampton was born 24 Oct 1757.
- Jonathan Hampton was born 2 Sep 1760.
- 4. John Hampton was born 16 Oct 1763; died 3 Dec 1842.
- Ann Hampton was born 3 Apr 1767.